Abuja residents protest over council chairmen tenure extension
Scores of residents of the Federal Capital Territory, on Friday, barricaded major highways to protest the tenure extension of six Area Council Chairmen and Councillors of the FCT. The FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello, had on Thursday announced the suspension of the inauguration of the newly elected six Area Council Chairmen. Bello said the suspension of the inauguration became necessary following...
Ex-Ekiti deputy gov, Olusola-Eleka, withdraws from senatorial race
A former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, has announced his withdrawal from the Ekiti South Senatorial District race. Olusola-Eleka, a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 election, announced his withdrawal on Thursday via a letter he personally signed and addressed to the party. Olusola-Eleka was endorsed by former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele...
INTERVIEW: KADIRS has overshot projected IGR for five years – Chair
From generating about N12 billion in 2015 when the Malam Nasir El-Rufai administration assumed office, Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) had raked in over N50 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020. Last year, it also surpassed its target as the Executive Chairman, Dr. ZAID ABUBAKAR explained in this interview. Abdallah Yusuf Abdallah reports: Last year, Kaduna State...
Buhari appoints Adamu Tutuwa as new FIIRO DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Adamu Tutuwa as the substantive Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos State. The latest appointment was disclosed via a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Mrs. Monilola Udoh, on Friday. Tutuwa’s appointment takes effect from May...
Strikes: FG begins arrears payment to ASUU, ASUP
As part of efforts to end the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Federal Government (FG) has commenced the payment of minimum wage arrears, which it owed the lecturers. The latest development was confirmed by the National President of ASUP, Dr. Anderson Ezeibe, and the Chairman, ASUU,...
Lagos airport shut, flights diverted over corpse on runway
International flights were prevented from landing and taking off from the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, on Thursday, as the terminal was temporarily shut after a mangled corpse was found on Runway 18R of the airport. The identity of the corpse could not be ascertained as of press time. Also, it could not be ascertained whether...
Fayemi: Nigeria’s presidency not for moneybags
Ekiti State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that he is not a moneybag, but he also knows that the Nigeria’s presidency is not for the moneybags. Fayemi said he does not have money but he has the capacity the competence and the compassion to lead the country. The governor, who said this in...
EFCC arraigns man for N4.5m fraud in Borno
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Baba Aji Alhaji Gremami before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation of N4.5 million. Gremami, who was arraigned on Wednesday, was alleged to have fraudulently induced a businessman, Alhaji Umara Goni Ali, to partner with him in...
EFCC arraigns fake aides of Patience Jonathan in Borno
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two fake aides of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, identified as Goni Muhammad and Seidu Seriki Haman, before Justice Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. According to a statement issued and made available to The Star on Thursday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the fake aides...
Emir of Kano appointed Ambassador of Senegal’s Island of Goree
The Mayor of Goree Island in Senegal, Augustin Senghor, has conferred the title of Honourary Ambassador on the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. The Mayor explained that the honour is in appreciation of the historic visit of the Nigeria’s First-Class monarch and the efforts of the Emir towards promoting closer relations between Nigeria and Senegal. Bayero is in Senegal...
